TWO points from three matches against the weakest sides, second bottom of Group A and a World Cup campaign already in tatters.

You might think it is all going down the pan. But you’d be wrong.

Because according to Scotland manager Craig Levein, there isn’t much amiss at all.

Only three wins in 11 competitive matches might suggest Levein’s been in freefall longer than Felix Baumgartner but the Scotland boss is adamant things are not as bad as they appear.

In fact, despite all the evidence, much of it damning, laid out before the Tartan Army since they set out on the road to Rio, Levein stressed last night there’s not much he would change if he could start again.

He said: “No, there isn’t an awful lot that I’d do differently.

“The performances have been good. The worst one was the Macedonia game but Friday’s match against Wales was very good. I’ve taken huge confidence from that.”

Levein tried to explain he has to look beyond the results to see other things, like an improvement in possession and whether or not routines worked out in training are used properly on the pitch.

And he sees positive signs, which is why he was at pains to point out he wouldn’t alter much of what he's done so far.

He said: “When you don’t get a result everyone sees things in black and white. The truth is somewhere in the middle. It’s the worst feeling to perform at your absolute best only to have victory taken away.”

He was, of course, referring to the Steven Fletcher “goal” which was disallowed in Cardiff on Friday night when Scotland lost 2-1 to Wales but it’s very difficult to share Levein’s view on Scotland’s progress.

After all, how can a false start in a World Cup campaign which followed on from a failure to qualify for Euro 2012 be seen as progress?

You want to cut Levein some slack because he is passionate about the game and our national team but we have to be honest and admit it is all going wrong.

And sadly for Levein he probably won’t be able to change anything, even if we’re suddenly gripped by our reality, if Belgium do what they are expected to do and beat us tonight.

Levein will have to be summoned to Stewart Regan’s office and asked to explain what is going on. And he’ll have to do better than last night as he tried to convince the media he’s on the right road.

How can he say he wouldn’t do things differently and what was he thinking when he pointed out that throughout his career he has always tried to get his best players in the team and in their correct positions?

Has he forgotten he played Gary Caldwell out of position in the first game or that he wasn’t even speaking to two of his best players, Steven Fletcher and Kris Commons, when this campaign started?

Levein was forced to bring them back in from the cold for the Wales match but the damage was done. Homes draws against Serbia and Macedonia and defeat in Wales mean starting tonight we must conjure up some big results away from home.

And of course the manager thinks we can do just that. He said: “These players are capable of winning away from home. We are maybe only one big result away from kick-starting the whole thing. We must show Belgium respect but I believe in our players.

“Friday night was another step in the right direction. We didn’t win but we were doing everything right up until we had that goal disallowed.

“I don’t have any less faith in the players than I did before Friday and we can use the anger we all feel from that game when we play Belgium.’

Levein will play Fletcher again and probably Commons, even though he didn’t have his best game in Cardiff, which means Kenny Miller will sit out again but this is a must win.

The World Cup journey is all but over but if he wants to remain in place and continue his work on the youth academy, his players must start gathering in points for him.

Not that he thinks the players owe him. He said: “No, they don’t owe me anything. They always want to do their best and there have been good performances but it is about results and we are behind the eight ball.

“I realise I need to get results to convince others. I’ll be judged on results, I’ve always understood that. But it takes time. Belgium are getting the benefits now of a plan put in place 12 years ago. If we keep relying on the hope that one of our players will put one in the top corner and then we defend for 80 minutes we’ll continue to fail in qualifying.

“We haven’t qualified since 1998 so the evidence is that chopping and changing managers won’t change anything. The teams at the top, like Belgium, are the ones with systems in place to produce better players. If we don’t get our system right we’ll be talking like this in 10 years.’

Levein wants to oversee the revolution but his priority is the national team and without those results we all crave he can’t be allowed to remain in place.

But that doesn’t mean we should deviate from the new way of bringing through players.

He says his team are only “a small fraction” away from getting the big result which he thinks could turn things around.

If it doesn’t come tonight and Belgium go to town it’s over for Scotland – and Levein.